Garment-supporter.



Nu. 703,349. Patented June 24, I902. c. s. uounsmcnzn.

GARMENT SUPPORTEB.

(Application filed. Nov. 16, 1901.)

(No Model.)

Wit "ease:

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLYDE S. NONNEMAOI-IER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO EUGENE STANLEY RICHARDSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,349, dated June 24,1902. Application filed November 18, 1901. $erial No. 82,515. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.- easily and quickly manipulated and is du-Be it known that LCLYDE S.NONNEMAOHER, rable. a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the In Fig. 2 I have shown a modified form city andcounty of Philadelphia, State of wherein I employ a body portion K,having 5 Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usethe fingers Lprojecting therefrom at one end ful Improvement in Garment-Supporters,of and the single fingerM projecting therefrom, which the following is aspecification. the slots N and P resulting from which are My inventionrelates to an improvement in V-shaped, it being noted that thisconstrucgarment-supporters and it consists of a body tion is used whereit is desired to obviate the to portion having means for attaching thesame necessity of using an elastic.

to the garment and for supporting the same It will be evident thatvarious changes may on the wearer. be made by those skilled in the artwhich will Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a come within thescope of my invention, and. garment-supporter embodying my invention, Ido not therefore desire to be limited in every :5 showing the elastic indotted lines. Fig. 2 instance to the exact construction hereinrepresents a perspective view of a modificashown and described.

tion thereof. Having thus described my invention, what Similar lettersof reference indicate corre- Iclaim as new, and desire to secure byLetters sponding parts in the figures. Patent, is-- 20 Referring to thedrawings, A designates a 1. In a garment-supporter, a body portion,garment-supporter having a body portion B, fingers projecting onopposite sides of said from which project at substantially the upperbody at substantially one end forming slots, portion thereof the fingersO, forming the and fingers projecting therefrom on opposite slots D, andfingers E project at substantially sides of said body and atsubstantially the z 5 the other end of the body portion in theopopposite end forming slots. I

posite direction from the first-mentioned fin- 2. In agarment-supporter, a body portion, gers, said fingers E also formingslots F, said fingers projecting from one end thereof, finbody portionbeing also provided with fingers gers projecting from the opposite endand fin- 7 5 G, projecting therefrom at a point between gers projectingtherefrom at a point between 0 the said fingers (J and E, said fingers Galso said first two mentioned sets of fingers.

forming slots II, it being noticed that the slits I 3. In agarment-supporter, a body portion are V-shaped in order to cause a bightor hold, formed with slots on both sides and near one the outer end ofthe slots permitting easy acend thereof and substantially parallel toeach cess of supporting means on the garment. other,and the body portionbeing formed with 35 J designates an elastic or other suitable maslotsnear the other end on opposite sides of terial, one end of which isforced into the slots said body portion and substantially parallel IIand held therein by the bight, it being to each other. noticed that thefingers G are in one side of 4. In a garment-supporter, a fingerprojectthe elastic and the body portion in the oping from one endthereof, and substantially 4o posite. parallel to said body portion, afinger project- The garment to be supported-say a stocking from theopposite end thereof on the oping-is held in the slots F, after whichthe posite side of first-mentioned finger and subelastic J ispassed'aronnd the leg and the full stantially parallel to said bodyportion and a end forced into the slots D and is held therein, fingerprojecting from said body portion at 45 whereby the garment issupported, it being thepointbetween the said first two mentioned seenthat this device obviates the necessity fingers. of any sewing, buttons,or clips and can be 5. In a garment-supporter, a body portion,

fingers on opposite sides thereof and near one l other and the bodyportion being formed with end thereof, fingers on opposite sides thereofa slot near the other end and substantially 10 near the other end, andfingers on opposite parallel to the other slots. sides of said bodyportion at a point between the first-mentioned two sets of fingers. ICLYDE NONNEMAOHER' 6. In a garment-supporter, a body portion WVitnesses:formed with slots on both sides and near one WM. OANER WVIEDERSHEIM, endthereof and substantially parallel to each C. D. MCVAY.

